SS.HELLOPES

THE SS.HELLOPES WAS DECLARED BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR AFTER A GROUNDING OFF THE ‘CAPE OF GOOD HOPE’. SHE WAS RETURNING HOME WITH A CARGO OF COAL TO BE SCRAPED AT FALMOUTH. THE LAST 400 MILES OF HER TRIP WAS WITH A HEAVY LIST DUE TO SHIFTED CARGO. SINKING IN MOUNTS BAY ON THE 21ST OF DECEMBER 1911, SHE WAS 97 meters LONG AND 2774 tons. SHE LIES IN A GENERAL DEPTH OF 37m NEAREST LUANCHING IS PENZANCE HARBOUR (3 miles), IT HAS AMPLE PARKING. THE WRECK CAN BE DIVED AT ANY STATE OF THE TIDE AND IS NEARLY ALWAYS BOUYED , YOU SHOULD AVOID SPRINGS.